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1. Joint Support Office (JSO) for Enhancing Ukraine’s
Integration into the European Research Area (ERA)
Project EuropeAID/127891/C/SER/UA
Ukraine
JSO-ERA Project
This Project is funded
by the European Union Aleksander Bakowski, Team Leader
Final Conference
This Project is implemented Kiev, 10 November 2011
by an ECORYS-led Consortium

2. Project Local Team
Kyiv
Sergiy Gerasymchuk
Svitlana Kaltygina
Lviv Olga Kot
Anatoliy Shanchuk Kharkiv
Ivan Kulchytskyy
Sergyi Kuzin
Ivano–Frankivsk
Lyubomyr Nykyruy
Zaporizhzhya
Stanislav Selin
Uzhhorod
Nadiya Boyko
Odessa
Tanya Stepanova
Simferopol
Aurika Murava-
Sereda
In accordance with the TORs, the Project will set up a network of
4 Thematic Experts and 7 Regional Focal Points 2
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3. JSO-ERA Activities
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4. Provision of information, training and consulting :
Organization of Information Days (1)
Planned in • 3 in Kiev;
ToR 10 Info
Days: • 7 in Regions;
Delivered 13 • 3 in Kiev;
Info Days: • 10 in Regions;
Number of
participants:
• 676
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5. Provision of information, training and consulting :
Organization of Information Days (2)
Kiev: „Social Sciences and Humanities” , „IDEAS” , „PEOPLE”;
Lviv/Kharkiv/Odesa: „Health”;
Dnepropetrovsk/Zaporozhyzhya/Simferopol: „FP7”;
Uzhgorod/Odesa: „Food,Agriculture,Fisheries and Biotechnologies”;
Kharkiv/Ivanofrankivsk: „Energy”
Odesa/Donetsk: „Environment”
Yevpatoriya: „Space”
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6. Provision of information, training and consulting:
Organization of Workshops (3)
Planned in • 2 in Kiev;
ToR: 16
Workshops • 14 in Regions;
Delivered: 20 • 6 in Kiev;
Workshops • 14 in Regions;
Number of
participants:
• 952
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7. Provision of information, training and consulting:
Organization of Workshops (4)
• „SMEs”, „Transport”, „Intermediaries”, „Legal&Financial”,
Kyiv: „International Cooperation”;
Lviv: • „SMEs”, „Transport”
Kharkiv: • „Environment”, „Legal&Financial”,
Simferopol: • „NMP”, „Environment”, „Security”, „Energy”
Ivanofrankivsk: • „Energy”
Uzhgorod: • „SMEs”, „Food, Biotechnologies”
Zaporozhzhya: • „Administrative”
• „Health”, Environment”, „Food, Biotechnologies”,
Odesa: „Legal&Financial”
Donetsk: • „Energy”, „SMEs”
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8. Provision of information, training and
consulting: Networking workshops (5)
4 networking workshops were organised to support
preparation of project proposals (additional):
• 12-13.05.2011 in Lviv (SMEs, Health)
• 20-21.07.2011 in Uzhgorod (FAFB)
• 30-31.07.2011 in Kiev (Space)
• 13-14.10.2011 in Ivanofrankivsk (Energy)
Number of prepared proposals: 13
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9. Provision of information, training and
consulting: Awareness rising(6)
To increase awareness on opportunities for
Ukrainian organisations to participate in FP7:
• Presentations were delivered on 28 seminars organized by other
organizations. Estimated number of participants: 1400;
• Newsletter containing information calls for proposals, project
activities, etc.: 8 issues distributed to more than 1000 addresses;
• Brochure on European networks published in Ukrainian to facilitate
contacts with the EU partners;
• Promotion of project through monthly activity reports, press
announcements and press releases.
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10. Provision of information, training and consulting :
Promotion of Ukrainian S&T potential (7)
Publication on Ukrainian S&T Landscape: 275 profiles;
Publication of 4 thematic brochures on Ukrainian potential
in: SPACE, NANO, ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT (additional)
Analysis of Ukrainian participation in FP7 (statistics)
Publication on successful projects with Ukrainian
participation (on website).
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11. Provision of information, training and
consulting : Consultancy services (8)
Consultancy and partner search
services provided to 1500
persons;
Advisory delivered to 76
proposals for submission to FP7;
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12. Capacity building of RCPs/NCPs (2)
Development of • 21 training modules on all
training modules: aspects of FP7 developed
Trainings and
networking: • 4 training sessions organised
Training visits to • 2 training visits: NCP Poland
NCPs in the EU
countries: and NCP Czech Republic
Participation of • 8 missions to Info Days
RCPs/NCPs in Info
Days in Brussels: (additional)
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13. Capacity building (3)
Participation of Ukrainian professionals
in international RTD events:
• Conference of Spanish Presidency („The European RTD
Framework Programmes: From Economic Recovery To
Sustainability”) ;
• Conference of Hungarian Presidency WIRE 2011 („Week of
Innovating Regions of Europe”);
• Conference of Polish Presidency: FUMAT 2011 („Future
Materials”);
Number of participants: 8
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14. Capacity building (4)
Study Tours of Ukrainian
professionals:
• 1st Study tour to Belgium and The
Netherlands
• 2nd Study tour to Austria and Hungary
• 3rd Study tour to Greece
Number of participants: 23
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15. Capacity building: Small Scale Seminars (5)
„Business planning and assessment of business plans”
„Regional Innovation Strategies”
„Financial instruments to stimulate innovation”
„Technology Transfer”
„Inovation infrastructures”
„Evaluation of participation in FP7”
„CIP&FP8: Future opportunities for Ukraine”
„Operation of NCP system in Ukraine”
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16. Capacity building (6)
Project Conferences:
• First Conference : „Science and Technology Cooperation
between Ukraine and EU countries: benefits and barriers” was
held on 24.02.2010;
• Mid-term Conference: „Boosting Ukraine’s Participation in the
EU 7th Framework Programme on Research: achievements and
perspectives” was held on 06.04.2011;
• Final Conference: „Advancing EU-Ukraine Cooperation in
Research: JSO-ERA project results and acievements” held on
10.11.2011;
Number of Participants: 433
Number of Participants in JSO-ERA events: 3527
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17. JSO-ERA Project
achievements
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18. Specific Objectives
To establish a sustainable operational structure that will
strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Education &
Science (MoES) and of the National Information Centre for
Ukraine-EU Scientific & Technological (S&T) Cooperation
(NIP-Ukraine).
To support Ukraine's S&T communities, including academia
and businesses, more particularly innovative SMEs, in
submitting more competitive proposals to the EU-funded
FP7 on Research & Technological Development in order to
intensify Ukraine's participation in this FP.
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19. Sustainable operational structure established
26 FP7 contact points trained
JSO-Manual and Quality Procedures
Customer Relations Management (CRM) for joint work and monitoring
Partner search procedures
Customer database
Profiles of leading reaserch teams (S&T Landscape)
Training modules
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20. Intensified participation in FP7
Share of proposals • 0,9% in 2008;
submitted with
participation of Ukraine • 2,2% in 2011;
Share of proposals • 0,8% in 2008;
retained for funding with
participation of Ukraine • 1,9% in 2011;
Success rate of proposals • 15,1% in 2008
with participation of
Ukraine • 19,8% in 2011
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21. Contact Information
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22. CONTACT INFORMATION
For further information please contact:
JSO-ERA/NIP Project Office
22-B Saksagansky Str., Office 29
Kyiv 01033 – Ukraine
Tel/fax: +38 044 289-13-15
E-mail: jso@jsoresearch.kiev.ua
http://www.jso-era.org
http://www.fp7-ncp.kiev.ua
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